The volume of cryptocurrency flows coming on darknet markets have doubled for the first time in four years, a new study says. In part of its 2020 Crypto Crime Report published on Jan. 28, Chainalysis — a New York-based blockchain analytics firm — found that darknet markets have significantly increased their share of total incoming […]
Next month’s ETHDenver conference will have the support of the Colorado state government. The major ethereum gathering is set to take place in the Mile High City on Valentine’s Day weekend and will now feature an appearance by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Feb. 15. The crypto-friendly former U.S. Congressman will participate in a fireside […]
Silvergate Bank, one of the few U.S. banks openly serving crypto-related businesses, added more crypto clients in the fourth quarter of 2019 but saw deposits and fee income from those clients drop. The La Jolla, Calif.-based bank, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol SI in November, released its […]
Getty There is no doubt that 2019 was the year of enterprise blockchain adoption. The buzzword of blockchain and cryptocurrency was humming as giants tech giants like Microsoft, IBM, AWS, Oracle and many, many more started testing the waters. Even in the cryptocurrency space, Banking giants and payment companies like JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Square, Circle, […]
GRAUBüNDEN CANTON, DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – 2020/01/24: Christine Lagarde, president of the European … [+] Central Bank, addresses a panel during the World Economic Forum in Davos. (Photo by Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images The World Economic Forum, held at Davos last week, represented a momentous shift in the attitude towards blockchain, […]